By CARYN ROUSSEAU, Associated Press Writer The City Council on Wednesday repealed its two-year-old ban on the gourmet dish, drawing dissent from animal rights activists who consider foie gras cruel because the birds are force-fed to make their livers bigger. But there were no worries in chef Didier Durand's restaurant, Cyrano's Bistrot. "All of us are so excited," Durand told reporters as he held his pet duck, Nicolai, named after French President Nicolas Sarkozy. "People miss it. They used to go to the suburbs to get foie gras and stopped going to specifically French restaurants." Durand was one of a coalition of restaurateurs who ...
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The organizer of past protests of Foie Gras Week in Philadelphia is sitting out this year. Humane League of Philadelphia organizer Nick Cooney says his group — formerly called "Hugs for Puppies" — hasn't found picketing restaurants to be effective. He says the group now focuses on persuading institutions such as colleges to stop buying eggs from hens confined to tight cages. During Foie Gras Week, which starts Friday, more than 18 Philadelphia restaurants temporarily add at least one $5 foie gras dish to the menu. Opponents of foie gras contend that the method of engorging a duck or goose liver to make the ...
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While walking up Granville Street this evening, I saw the Liberation BC folks in front of my old work-place. I had a lovely dish at Boneta last night: Seared Ahi tuna, with foie gras two ways, ponzu tapioca and fresh yuzu. The foie gras was served as a custard, which was smeared on the plate, and also there was shaved raw foie on top of the sliced tuna. The custard was airy and light, but still had that rich flavor you expect out of foie gras. A wedge of fresh yuzu on the side, which I squeezed over everything, cut through the fattiness of ...
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Here is an article originally published in Vancouver Magazine last year. Jamie Maw lays out the facts about the production of foie gras very well. You decide. This guy can go fuck himself. I’m going to keep eating it.
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Crocosmia from Evie's garden As an Iraq war policy loyalist, comedian turned political commentator Dennis Miller may be fairly labeled a French basher, a practice much ballyhooed by the American television media in the early days of the war. Remember, one in three French persons did not favor the United States’ invasion of Iraq. That’s 33%. In a pseudo act of patriotism, the Hill cafeteria in Congress renamed its French fries and French toast to “Freedom Fries” and “Freedom Toast.” The practice soon caught on as “freedom loving” Americans soon began eating ravenously the newly named pomme frites . Yeah, well that’s the United ...
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WRAL - Carolina pork is taking off as a huge menu item with an explosion of French recipes on the scene. The future is bright for NC wineries. And look out for sweet potatoes. There is a major public
